Infatuation

Cara has been watching baby Mia for a few weeks now and for the most part it is going as expected. Good days and bad days are the norm but it seems as though the good days have a slight advantage. I think she is doing an amazing job but don't tell her I told you that. It has reinforced however the reasons why we choose not to have another baby so close in age to Ari. At least at the end of the day Mia gets to go home with her mommy.

Ari however thinks Mia is the cat's meow!! This little boy is seriously infatuated with this little girl. He really wants to help feed Mia but he's not up to the task just yet of knowing all he needs to know. He does however pat her back to help Cara burp her. He is very gentle with Mia which is something we were worried about as he was going through a bit of a smacking phase a few months ago. He loves to give her kisses and zerberts (rasberries) and generally just adores her. He even fusses many days when her parents come to take her home. Here are a few pics of him doting on her.

We're gonna have to find some snow

Cara found this cute winter had and couldn't resist picking it up for our little man. I have to admit it was pretty adorable on him. We are going to have to find some much cooler weather in order for him to wear it though. Being that it's still close to 100 for a high temp here everyday and he sweats when he's just playing in the air conditioned house. Maybe we will have to make a road trip to see Aunt Renee and her crew in Flagstaff when the snow is falling.

Superman.....

Or just mild mannered reporter Ari. I think we will have to work on the curls if he wants to pass as Superman. As I recall Superman only had one curl right in the front. Ari found some 3D glasses that I had sitting around the other day and had fun putting them on and more fun having Mom and Dad putting them on. It was hard to get a picture because he kept walking towards me as soon as he saw the camera, but we managed anyway. Hard to believe this is the kid who didn't like the camera all that long ago.

Flute

So in our ongoing battle to stop some of the incessant whining that our son has decided he needs to do all day long most days, Cara bought him a flute aka recorder to play with. It worked with good success for a few days but of course it is a flute after all and Cara does watch another baby during the week so playtime is limited. Here's a little song for everyone from the day he got it. Turn your sound up and enjoy!

An "I actually have 5 minutes to do this" Update

Both kiddos are sleeping finally, we'll see how long that lasts!

Just wanted to post a quick entry with a little Ari update. First, he loves baby Mia to pieces and wants to kiss her and zerbert her all day long. :) He can pretty much run now. He can sign the following words: daddy, more, all done, light, thank you, wash, diaper, eat, dog, and a few others. He can find his ears, eyes, nose, mouth, hair, head, toes, knees, hands, belly. He says a version of: bath, nana, papa, mama, banana, bird, truck, up, eye. He makes animal noises for lion, sheep, cow, dog, and owl. He waves and points and blows kisses. :) He can stack up to four blocks; I am really impressed with his fine motor skills in general. I swear he is learning something new everyday right now! It is so fun to watch him.

Blocks

No I don't think these are the building blocks of a good education, but they are the just right for a good time. One of the games Ari likes to play is knocking down the stack of blocks that Cara or I set up for him and we are more than glad to do it since this is the reaction we get the first few times he knocks them down. Usually I tell him, "heyyyyyy" and that just adds to the giggles.

Redneck Morning

So last weekend we think Ari may have been partying in the back of the truck with the redneck neighbors down the street. We woke up to see him in this outfit. Ok, not really but it sounds like a good story. Actually he peed out of his diaper that morning and since someone likes to take his diaper off we have to put some clothes on him. These were not only the closest but I also figured it would provide some good blog material.

First Haircut Video

So here is a little video of Ari's first haircut. It's pretty self explanatory. You'd have thought we cut off his ear not his curly locks.

First Hair Cut

We took Ari for his first hair cut yesterday.

The "before" photo of his shaggy, crazy do.


Momentarily distracted by the cool car and TV.


Not distracted anymore.


And the "after" shots.



The lady did a really good job, it looks SO much better now. :)

Mmm Cupcakes. :-)

I am going to an old co-worker's baby shower tomorrow. She is due with a boy in October. I already gave her a whole bunch of clothes that Ari has outgrown plus Ari's baby bath tub, so I didn't feel like I needed to go to BRU and shop from her registry. But I didn't want to show up to a shower empty handed either. So I found a package of Gerber onesies that we never opened, plus some newborn socks (Ari was born in July, he didn't need them) and I made some onesie "cupcakes." I didn't find big cupcake papers at Target today so rather than going from store to store to look for them, I just used some plastic cups we had left over from our wedding (over two years ago...) and napkins I had left over from Ari's birthday party to hold the cupcakes. I also didn't know where to find a windowed bakery box that doesn't have "Fry's" or "Safeway" or whatever logos on it, so I used one of the tupperware containers that I cleaned out of the cupboard earlier today that was headed to the recycle bin. Then I used ribbon and shredded paper for the finishing touches.







And a few recent Ari pics, just for fun. :)

Walking, walking, walking...




Trying to play with off-limits stuff by mom's desk.